Many digital cameras come built-in with a video output port and cable. This lets you play the photos in your digital camera's memory on a television set that has a video input jack, usually as a slideshow animation.

If your digital camera also supports movies with sound, check to see if your camera has an audio port. This way you can play the small movies recorded by your digital camera on your TV. The movies probably won't have the quality or length of movies captured with a digital video camera, but can be entertaining nonetheless.

If you do find a digital camera with an audio output, check to see if it supports monaural or stereo sound, and if it is stereo, if there is only one stereo port or left and right channel ports. This may determine what kind of connector cables, if any, you may need to buy to play the movies on your television set with sound.

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